(Scenario II) When Developing the Climate Change Attitude Survey, the Authors

question 49

Multiple Choice

(Scenario II) When developing the Climate Change Attitude Survey, the authors formatted items in a way to minimize the likelihood of participants providing a response set. This was done by:

• A) keeping the response alternatives to each item consistent.
• B) including reverse items in the final scale.
• C) alternating between open-ended and close-ended questions.
• D) creating all items with only forced-choice response options.

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